Telltale for bottles and the like.



G. A. GANDA.

TELLTALE FOR BOTTLES AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 15, 1913.

Patented Sept. 15, 1914.

CHARLES A CA NBA [NI EN TOR.

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RLIES A. CANDA, OF ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY.

TELLTALE FOR BOTTLES AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented dept. 15, 11914.

Application filed July 15, 1913. Serial No. 779,132.

tles, cans and the like may be detected, making pure food possible, and has for its object to provide an economical device of this kind which will be entirely eflicient and which will not require any special formvof bottle or closure. tell-tale of aluminum or other suitable material, adapted to fit in the neck of any ordinary bottle, can or the like and when it is so placed it is under compression and is held in this position by its power to expand against the neck of the receptacle, and it is this force under compression which holds it in in the neck of the receptacle.

The reason I prefer aluminum or other like material for the tell-tale is that this metal, as used, has sufficient elasticity to hold the tell-tale in the neck of the bottle, but is so soft that it is very easily deformed and permanently distorted, as would. be the case in attempting to withdraw the tell-tale through the ,neck of the bottle. Also aluminum tears easily and the thin fluted telltale is either permanently distorted or torn in removing it, sothat it cannot be used again without detection.

It is understood that I do not limit my-- self to the exact construction shown and described, since the construction may be greatly varied without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

In 'the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a vertical central sectional view ofa receptacle closed with a crown seal and provided with the tell-tale, and Fig.2 is a plan of the tell-tale.

The tell-tale 2-0 is shown inserted in the smooth interior of the neck 21 having a crown-seal 22, but it is understood that it may be used with any normal form of neck or closure. I

The tell-tale 20 consists of a sheet of aluplace To this endIhave provided a minum or other suitable thin resilient material stamped to the shape illustrated, so as to prov1de fluted edges 25, the diameter of this tell-tale, at the fluted edge, being normally greater than that of the neck of the receptacle and adapted to be in a state of compression when in the neck of the receptacle and to expand to a much larger diameter when forced down into the body of the receptacle.

The tell-tale 20 may be inserted to the position illustrated or forced into the interior of the bottle by hand or any suitable device.

When the tell-tale 20 has been forced into the body of the receptacle for the purpose of emptying the receptacle it cannot, without being permanently distorted or torn or otherwise destroyed, beagain removed from the receptacle because it will expand to a diameter larger than the neck as stated above, and it cannot be grasped, except at the edges, in which case the flaring bottomedge will catch in the upper part ofthe bottle and become wedged across the bottle neck, and thus be permanently distorted or torn if an attempt be made to draw it through the bottle neck.

I claim as my invention '1. In combination, a receptacle having a neck having a continuously smooth inner face: and a slightly elastic, easily deformable flexible tell-tale placed in and directly engaging said neck and held in said neck by direct friction only and adapted when forced downwardly to expand to a diameter larger than the neck and to be permanently defpirmed or torn if withdrawn through the nec 2. In combination, a receptacle having an interiorly smooth neck; and a one piece telltale comprising a thin slightly elastic sheet of flexible metal having a smooth continuous upper face and a long flaring skirt.

3. In combination, a receptacle having an interiorly smooth neck; and a one piece telltale comprising a thin slightly elastic sheet of flexible metal having a smooth continuous upper face and a long flaring skirt, said telltale being relatively long in the direction of its axis and being easily permanently deformed.

4. In combination, a receptacle having an interiorly smooth neck; and a one piece telltale com rising a thin slightly elastic sheet of flexib e metal'having a smooth continuous upper face and a long flaring fluted skirt, the limit of elasticity of said tell-tale being slight so that when the tell-tale is consider ably deformed it does not regain its approximate original shape.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my 7 name t9 this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

" CHARLES A. CANDA. Witnesses:

J 01m H. NEVILL, I Ismon M. WnRKs. 

